An Asian expatriate was arrested by patrolmen in Hawalli area in possession of 50 sachets of shabu and 5 bottles of local liquor. Apparently, the officers were on a round of the area when they spotted the suspect inside a vehicle and asked him to step out for checking. It was then he dropped a sachet of shabu from his pockets.

The officers went on to conduct a search inside the vehicle and recovered the aforementioned items. He was referred to concerned authorities. And, Customs officers at the Al-Abdali border post have foiled an attempt by a Syrian driver to smuggle 190,000 Captagon pills into the country, reports Al-Rai daily. According to security sources the drug pills were hidden in a shipment of coal. The Syrian and the contraband have been referred to General Department for Drugs Control.